Computational Sciences Minor

Have you ever wanted to learn the latest in computing technologies and apply those skills to your specific field without needing to earn a degree in computer science? Would you like to be ahead of the competition in the job market with computing skills that will positively impact your career? The minor in computational sciences at Penn State may give you a leg up. 

Offered by the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering, the computational sciences minor introduces students to the fundamental skills needed to apply computational techniques to their specific domains. The minor focuses on practical application of computing technologies for data analysis including foundations in programming, developing computational models, and constructing event-driven programs. 

Courses

The 18-credit computational sciences minor includes four courses on programming, the fundamentals of data science, and machine learning specifically developed for the program. Students customize the minor to suit their needs through two approved computing-related courses from their major disciplines. 

Required Courses

• CMPSC 204: Introduction to Computations Sciences Programming
• CMPSC 205: Intermediate Computational Sciences Programming
• CMPSC 301: Event-Driven Programming for Computational Sciences
• CMPSC 348: Data Science and Machine Learning for Computational Sciences

Supporting Courses

Six credits of 400-level courses from the approved list of supporting courses

Contact

To learn more about the computational sciences minor and how you can enroll, contact or Jack Sampson, associate professor of computer science and engineering and associate department head, at jms1257@psu.edu or Department of Computer Science and Engineering advising at cseadvising@engr.psu.edu.